Tribune and Dennis Byrne tout “Open the Books”
Dennis Byrne wrote an insightful piece on wasteful suburban spending. He seems to have the same insight that we do [...]
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: The Burden of Transparency– abused loophole lets officials withhold too much public data from Illinois citizens
Read the entire Editorial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-foia-0127-jm-20130127,0,4995587.story Nine months ago, the nonprofit For the Good of Illinois asked the Illinois comptroller’s office [...]
Illinois Channel: Springfield Press Conference detailing For The Good of Illinois v. State of Illinois, Comptroller January 8th, 2013
CLICK HERE to watch Illinois Channel coverage of our entire press conference Nine months ago we filed a Freedom of [...]
Alton Telegraph Editorial, “The True Definition of ‘Undue Burden’- To the Comptroller: Open Up”
Alton Telegraph Editorial January 8, 2012 Read original, click here. We’ve always thought of state Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka’s office as [...]
Case Example: Why is the State Checkbook Important?
After Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka rejected our request for one year of the state checkbook, we asked the Attorney General’s [...]
Forcing Open The State Checkbook- Details of our Lawsuit Complaint
“The Comptroller refused to show citizens the state checkbook and the Attorney General refused to do anything about it.” For [...]
2012 Business Leader of Year Award: Adam Andrzejewski
In June, 2012, the Illinois State Crime Commission selected Adam Andrzejewski as 2012 Business Leader of the Year. For his [...]
“A Good Deed” 2012 Contest Winner
Making a difference- taking care of our military men and women. On December 10, 2012, we announced our “A Good [...]
Opinion Editorial: A Threat to Illinois Transparency Law- Roger Eddy and Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
Opinion Editorial: Champaign New-Gazette; Kankakee Daily Journal; Suburban Life Newspapers By Adam Andrzejewski– Founder, For The Good Of Illinois Organization Illinois [...]
Botched Homicide Investigation; Golden Parachute from Attorney General
After a botched indictment of Mayor Daley’s nephew… “the lead ‘investigator’ ends up with a Chicago police pension; a new [...]
A $48 Million Ride- School District Taxi Cab Service
“47 School Districts spent tens of millions… $48.864 Million on taxi cab service (2006-11)” For The Good of Illinois, policy [...]
The Strenuous Life- Reviewing 2011
“… do not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil” Teddy Roosevelt, April 10, 1899 Hamilton Club, Chicago [...]
Andrzejewski Pushes for Open Government, Decatur Herald-Review
DECATUR – Since his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010, the candidate who passed out a pronunciation key for his [...]
End Insider Pension Abuse (SB2499)- Press Conference Video
www.openthebooks.com posts the pay and pensions of virtually every public employee at every level of Illinois government. The state level pension abuse was discovered by citizens using the portal.
Rahm Emanuel: Day One- Forensic Audit.
Chicago Tribune Eric Zorn, columnist February 23, 2011 Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel told WGN AM 720′s Greg Jarrett this morning, “I’m [...]